Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia
Cambodia: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 79.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 79.0% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia peaked at 79.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 52.4%, in 2009.
Cambodia ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 52.4% | — |
| 2010 | 55.8% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 62.2% | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 65.4% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 67.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 69.2% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 71.2% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 73.2% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 75.4% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 77.3% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 79.0% | +2.2% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 79.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 89% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 79.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 81% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.4% | 52.4% | 52.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 69.6% | 55.8% | 79.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More private sector data for Cambodia
- Merchandise trade 127.1% (2025)
- Food imports 7.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 33.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 31.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,752 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.61 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 17.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Cambodia was 79.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.4% in 2009.
- How does Cambodia rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Cambodia ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.